Adrienne Stone researches in the areas of constitutional law and constitutional theory.  She has published extensively on freedom of expression,  the legal and institutional questions surrounding bills of rights and on judicial method in constitutional cases. Her recent publications include Hate Speech and Freedom of Speech in Australia (co-edited with Dr Katharine Gelber, Federation Press, 2007) and 'Judicial Review without Rights'  (2008) 28 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 1.

She has held a Chair at Melbourne Law School since 2007.  Her past positions include a Fellowship at the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University, Associate-in-Law at Columbia Law School, a solicitor at Malleson Stephen Jaques in Sydney and Associate to the Hon. Justice M.H. McHugh of the High Court of Australia. She has taught at law schools in Australia, the United States and Canada and presented papers by invitation universities in Australia, North America and Europe including Kings College London, the University of Texas Law School, American University, Brandeis Law School and New York Law School.

She is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Constitutional Law, the Council of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law and is a Vice President of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy. 

Judicial Review without Rights, (2008) 28 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 1.

Free Speech and Insult in the High Court of Australia (2006) 4 International Journal of Constitutional Law 677-688 (with Simon Evans)

Defamation of Public Officials: North American Contrasts, (2005) 50 New York Law School Law Review, 101-124

Australia’s Constitutional Rights and the Problem of Interpretive Disagreement (2005) 27 Sydney Law Review 29 - 48.

The Constitutionalisation of the Common Law, (with Graeme Hill), (2004) 25 Adelaide Law Review 67-102.

The Common Law and the Constitution: A Reply, (2002) 26 Melbourne University Law Review 646-65.

Rights, Personal Rights and Freedoms: The Nature of the Freedom of Political Communication (2001) 25 Melbourne University Law Review 374

The Limits of Constitutional Text and Structure (1999) 23 Melbourne University Law Review 668 - 708.

Freedom of Political Communication, the Constitution and the Common Law (1998) 26 Federal Law Review 219 -257.

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• Comparative Law
• Constitutional Law
• Free Speech Law
• Legal Theory

International Association of Constitutional Law - Member, Executive Committee

Australian Association of Constitutional law - Council Member

Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy - Vice President